I have recently taken an interest in lucid dreaming. When I was young I use to have relativly the same nightmare pretty much every night. As I got older (I'm now 24) they have got less frequent, about once or twice a month. I had the dream about 3 nights ago. What I mean by relatively the same is the dream is always in different places, but it is always about the same thing. In the dreams there are these black hooded creatures that attack you. But I would hear like bells ringing in the dream that meant I had a minute before they came. I never had the control to change the dream or stop them from coming but after a few years i now have the controlto hear the bells and start trying to wake my self up in the dream then I wake up in real life. This shows that when I hear the bells in my dream, I'm concious that I'm in a dream. And I do have some level of control to be able to wake my self up. And these nightmares feel like I'm experienceing it as it happens, where as with normal dreams I just remember the dream after I wake up. A NY advice on where this is a low level of lucid dreaming

Taking into consideration your age, and the details of how you have been progessively experiencing this dream episode, I would offer you this perspective my friend..

Let me preface this by saying that what we call Lucid Dreaming is the best tool we have available for discovering the spiritual nature of self and reality, and ALL people who take a learning interest in lucid dreamwork, are to varying degrees, on a path of self-cultivation.. meaning they are actively pursuing knowledge to expand their spiritual awareness.

Concerning your query...

Experiencing repetitive attacks from recurring negative entities is a signal that you are approaching the end of a particularly self-relevant growth cycle.

In a sense, you are being given glimpses of the upcoming final test.. the test you must pass before moving to the next stage.Consider the attacks thus far as a series of practice tests.

All lessons ultimately revolve around learning love, both of self and others.

Understand that there are no guardians at the gate.. your own toxicity and imbalance is what keeps you from ascending and transcending.. or evolving.. whatever you like to call it.

But more specifically as it may apply to you.. I would venture to guess that the lesson you are currently teaching yourself revolves around the ideas of self respect, confidence, perhaps overcoming the fear of non-compliance/conformity, or another fear of some sort.. that's for you to determine..

The gradually increasing level of control and participation indicates that you are building to a final "showdown" of which you will eventually find yourself in the episode to be fully capable of bodily control to the same degree as if it were your physical.

At this point, the Final Test has begun, and the outcome will depend TOTALLY on your strength of spirit and will.

A good strategy:

1. Don't be afraid.

When they come, stand your ground.Do Not Attack.But if you are attacked.. Feel yourself become soft as smoke - as to make their limbs and bodies pass right through you (this usually generates a cool tickling sensation), and then move away from them, but don't turn away from them.

When you are at a distance, project your voice in a strong manner and ask 2 questions:1. Who are you?2. What do you want?

Be firm!Have NO FEAR.Project Strength and Confidence.EXPECT a reply.

This will give them pause.

If they advance for attack again, feel yourself become as steel, rooted to the ground like a mighty oak, and one entity at a time, strike them with the intensity of Superman.

If your confidence is there, I guarantee that one or two solid strikes will stop the attack.

The purpose here is not for you to go crazy insane and obliterate these entities - they represent elements of YOU, elements (often ego-based) that have not yet been lovingly integrated into the greater you.

These types of entities know immediately when they are beaten and cannot win.

At this point, words lose their ability to accurately describe, but expect a flash of light, immediately followed by a spiritual quickening equivalent to a burst of kundalini (concentrated Qi) in the physical body.. accompanied by uplifting realizations of many sorts.

It's very rejuvenating.You will awake in a euphoric state.

Congratulations.You have graduated brother!Onward to the next!

Also, expect a change in the repetitive themes that you experience in your physical life.

I hope this helps.

P.S.Should you fail, don't worry. It will come again. And again. And again.

Happy dreaming my friend!Remember.. You are Always in control. Even when you think you're not.